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The Villages Department of Safety reported responding to at least 86 accidents involving golf carts in 2018. Sixty-three of these involved injuries.
Read More »In The Villages, Home To Thousands Of Golf Carts, Golf Cart Seat Belts Are Rare
LaCrosse Gets New Fire Engine After Month Without
The LaCrosse Fire Department went without a fire engine for the entire month of October before purchasing a new 2012 Pierce Dash engine.
Read More »Willie Mae Stokes Community Center Opens in Micanopy
The Willie Mae Stokes Community Center officially opened its doors Dec. 1, and founders of the center believe it will create a number of new opportunities and resources with it.
Read More »HOPE Organization Tries To Help People Get Better With Giant Helpers — Horses
HOPE stands for HOrses Helping PEople and is an equine-assisted therapy facility located in Alachua County.
Read More »Know Your 2018 Candidates: Alachua County Commission, District 2
Three people are running for the position of Alachua County Commissioner to represent District 2, which covers the northwest areas of the county.
Read More »Steinhatchee Family Finds Strength And Tradition In Riding Out The Storm
As Hurricane Michael skirted the Nature Coast, four generations of the Mitchell family weathered the storm, together, as they have done for decades.
Read More »Hurricane Michael Slams Into Florida, Charges Into Southeast
Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph Wednesday, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive charge inland across the Southeast. It was the most powerful hurricane to hit the continental U.S. in nearly 50 years and at least one death was reported during its passage.
Read More »First-Person: Inside Bay County As Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall As Category 4
Here is a collection of updates from two reporters inside the Bay County Emergency Operations Center in Panama City.
Read More »Could A Helmet Have Prevented Death In This Recent Fatal Motorcycle Crash In Gainesville?
The number of motorcycle injury accidents has decreased only slightly in the past three years in Gainesville.
Read More »UF Campus To Lose 600 Parking Spaces As Construction Begins On New Parking Garage
Approximately 600 parking spaces will be demolished this fall on the northern section of the Commuter Lot on Gale Lemerand Drive, leaving an urgent need for temporary parking lots.
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